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NEW CREATURES; THE CREATOR STILL THE SAME by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

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Last Line: Our King of old and still our Self-same King
Subject(s): JESUS CHRIST;

New creatures; the Creator still the Same
For ever and for ever: therefore we
Win hope from God's unsearchable decree,
And glorify His still unchanging Name.
We too are still the same ; and still our claim,
Our trust, our stay, is Jesus, none but He:
He still the Same regards us, and still we
Mount toward Him in old love's accustomed flame.
We know Thy wounded Hands: and Thou dost know
Our praying hands, our hands that clasp and cling
To hold Thee fast and not to let Thee go.
All else be new then, Lord, as Thou hast said:
Since it is Thou, we dare not be afraid,
Our King of old and still our Self-same King.



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